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This surge of gamma rays, the most energetic form of light, unleashed in just a tenth of a second the amount of energy our sun would emit in a span of roughly 10,000 years, they said. Russia, US clash ... Read More

Scientists Face Dilemma

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Astrid Caldas

Astrid Caldas is a senior climate scientist for community resilience with the climate & Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Her work focuses on community resilience, science ... Read More

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With the clean energy transition, low-income communities fear they’ll be saddled with big infrastructure projects, again

Advocates worry environmental justice neighborhoods are being saddled with this infrastructure, taking away open space and exposing residents to risks such as fire, while wealthier communities that ... Read More

Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones is the director for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists. In her role ... transparent democracy, justice for overburdened communities, and the ... Read More

What Biden’s State of the Union Means for Science

In the speech, he reiterated efforts to slash emissions and promoted various science funding promises ... and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. In last year’s State of the ... Read More

NASA Science Chief invites all to ‘do NASA science’

Her dad planted a fascination with space in his daughter, and now Fox is chief of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, with jurisdiction over more than 140 missions exploring just about everything in ... Read More

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What can be done when one threatened animal kills another? Scientists studying critically endangered lemurs in Madagascar confronted this difficult reality when they witnessed attacks ... Read More

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U.S. News // 2 days ago NASA welcomes Switzerland ... Brightest of All Time' gamma-ray burst caused by exploding star, say scientists April 12 (UPI) -- Northwestern University scientists said ... Read More

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Scientists believe life arose in a primordial soup of organic chemicals and biomolecules on the ... Hello, stakeholders. (This is the nongendered term of address I've been workshopping because I ... Read More

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New Beta-Decay Measurements in Mirror Nuclei Pin Down the Weak Nuclear Force Apr. 19, 2024 — Scientists have gained insights into the weak nuclear force from new, more sensitive studies of the ... Read More